“This is a matter of life and death,” the statement said. “This is a matter of self-preservation. For our community’s sake, we must get the perpetrator(s) of the Mother's Day shooting off our streets as soon as possible. He/they have already shown no concern for the life and safety of others. He/they may do it again and some innocent bystander might die the next time. The senseless shooting and lack of respect for life is not a part of our community’s culture. It was the abhorrent act of a criminal that took the opportunity of a joyous community event to commit a crime. Our community is not complacent and does not accept such violence as a part of our culture. Please report anything you know now.”

Surveillance video was released Monday, showing a man who police are calling a suspect in the video. The man stands by a wall as the second line parade goes by. He then dashes toward the crowd, fires a gun and flees, the video shows.

The New Orleans branch of the NAACP says it will work to organize a meeting where all second line organizations can attend and share ideas on how to improve safety at second lines.

“By meeting and sharing our ideas for safety, we can work to make sure such violence does not occur again,” the release said.

The NAACP encourages any information from citizens and is willing to forward the information to the proper authorities.